He is often cited as a historical source for numerous pieces appearing in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, CNN, LVMH, Conde Nast, Highsnobiety and others. His fashion career includes years as a fashion reporter/producer of branded content for the New York local news in the hyper digital sector. Patrick's love of travel and terrain enabled  him to becoming an experienced cross-country equestrian intensively riding in a number of locations in South America Scandinavia,The United Kingdom and Germany. However, he is not currently riding, but rather speaking internationally to designers, product development teams, marketing teams and ascending designers in the US, Europe and China.

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 Following his  BA in the History of Art from Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York he later completed  graduate studios in exhibition design in New York. it was with the nudge and a conversation in regard to  a design assignment interviewing  Richard Martin curator of the Costume Institute  at the Metropolitan Museum of Art  he was encouraged to consider shifting his focus to the decorative arts with a concentration in fashion history and curation.  

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 Patrick completed graduate studies 17th and 18th century French Royal interiors and decoration and 18th century French fashion culture at Musée Les Arts Decoratifs-Musée de Louvre in Paris. Upon his return to New York along with other classes and independent studies in American fashion he earned his MA in the History of Decorative Arts and Design  from the Parsons/Cooper Hewitt Design Museum program in New York. His final specialist focus was in 19th century English fashion and interiors  with distinction in 20th century American fashion history and design . 

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Currently, he is an Associate Teaching Professor at Parsons School of Design leading fashion history lecture-studios within the School of Art and Design History and Theory,

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Contact patrickhughes@irkmagzine.com

Website www.pmh.photography

Instagram @patrickmichaelhughes

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